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Welcome to Inside F1 with Joe Saywood on Mist Apex Podcast. I'm your host.

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Hello. How are you doing? I'm doing good. How was how did you enjoy the last

ever Monaco Grand Prix Joe? It was very nice. It's an agreeable place to be if there

wasn't a motorist there. And it's a nice place because I always have a bit of a

holiday there. So if there isn't one next year, it's a bit of a bore. But having said that,

I think they need to wake up to the fact that they need to make changes. And it may

be something to do with the man who's been in charge of the automobile club for 50

years, who may not necessarily be on the cutting edge of latest thinking.

And who's this person that you're describing, Joe? His name is Michelle Boerry. And he has

been literally here's been the president of the automobile club of Monaco since 1972,

which last time I did maths was 50 years ago.

Ah, okay. So, but you can't blame him in a way because he would have presided over

Monaco being like a real spectacle and a crown jewel in F1. And the recent

murmurings against there are relatively recent.

Ah, not really. No, it's been going on for years. The thing is that they haven't negotiated

a new deal at Monaco since I think it was 2010 when they did the most recent deal

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